Scott Pruitts actions at the EPA have triggered a half-dozen investigations

The pressure on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign is building as investigations into potentially unethical activities in office are beginning to show that he has broken the law.

The Government Accountability Office concluded Monday that the $43,000 soundproof phone booth Pruitt insisted upon for his office violated two laws that restrict how agencies can spend money.

But there are many additional investigations underway into other indiscretions — including his luxury travel, a sweetheart housing deal with a lobbyist, retaliation against staff, and his use of a loophole to get raises for two close aides — at the GAO, as well as the EPA’s inspector general, the House Oversight Committee, and the White House.

And their importance has grown after new details emerged last week in two letters sent from House and Senate Democrats to Pruitt and the White House citing Kevin Chmielewski, a former campaign aide to President Trump who worked as a deputy chief of staff at the EPA under Pruitt.

The letters revealed Chmielewski’s deep concerns about a multitude of decision, including Pruitt’s refusal to stay in secure hotels recommended by the State Department on international travel, instead opting for more opulent accommodations. Chmielewski also said that when he objected to retroactively signing off on paperwork justifying first-class travel for the administrator and one of his aides, he was sidelined and received threats from Nino Perrotta, the head of Pruitt’s 24-hour security detail.

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